Welcome y'all to the Red River Shootout

[pabs]

Yes boys and girls, it is that time of year again when one of the greatest matches in College Football takes place. This weekend the Universities of Texas and Oklahoma will face each other at the Cotton Bowl in yet another episode of the Red River shootout and this season it promises to be one very exciting game.

No 2. Texas comes to the Red River shootout with a record of 5-0 (1-0 Big XII). The Longhorns, however, barely escaped an upset by the OSU Cowboys last saturday. The final score of 17-15 does not tell the whole story, but suffice it to say that as impressive as Texas has been this year, their offensive game left much to be desired. Texas, nontheless, is looking for redemption after losing the last two games against the Sooners. Will Chris Sims step up to the challenge and become the star quaterback we all want him to be?

No 3. Oklahoma has escaped two major upsets so far this season against the Universities of Alabama and Missouri. Some say they just have "champion's luck" Well, whatever it is, the Sooners will enter the Cotton Bowl with a record of 5-0 (1-0 Big XII). Nate Hybil has played very well so far this season and he is taking charge of the offense. But one can never forget OU's defense. After losing two key players to the NFL this year, many thought OU's defense was going to be weak, but boy were they ever wrong.

In short, this weekend's Red River shootout promises to be one of the best in recent years and should not be missed!!

Now for the good stuff. Earlier today a little challenge was issued. The prize: Texas BBQ (duh!) The wager: Rx mistakenly believes that OU will beat Texas. I, of course, am in touch with reality and know that Texas will crush OU. So who's gonna win? Rx's beloved Sooners, or my No. 2 Texas Longhorns? Will we have a replay of last year's game? Or will we see a new star be born in Chris Sims? Stay tuned for more on this....

So now I leave you, Mr. Rx, with a little song of ours...


"The Eyes of Texas"

The eyes of Texas are upon Rx all the live long day
The eyes of Texas are upon Rx, you cannot get away
Do not think you can escape them at night or early in the morn
The eyes of Texas are upon you 'till Gabriel blows his horn"

[Wycco]

RacerX is cheering against Texas?

Obviously the Texas BBQ isn't good enough to maintain his loyalty to the state! One bite of Carolina BBQ and I'm sure Rx would be all for Tigers, GameCocks and Panthers!

LOL- supporting Oklahoma- what could be more un-Texan than that? I thought the stereotypical Texan was supposed to hold Oklahoma in contempt!

[pabs]

LOL!!

Well there's a perfectly good explanation for this and it is one that I'm going to let him give....but I'll just say this: I've met many Texans and Rx is about as Texan as they come.

Rx, I'm sorry about letting your secret out

[RacerX]

No apologies necessary Pabs...LOL!

Wyc obviously doesn't understand the re-districting that took place in North Texas, several years back...(around the time Barry Switzer became head coach at OU! LOL)
Anyway, to make a long story short, damned near everyone in the great state of Texas knew that if you wanted to win a SouthWest Conference Championship, you went to the University of Texas to play football. On the other hand, if you wanted to win a National Championship, you went to the University of Oklahoma!

Prominent people in the great state of Texas felt this damned near traitorish...seeing great Texas football players leave the state and go to OU to play, so they knew they needed to do something about it!

When asked about having sooooo many Texas football players on his team, Barry Switzer once responded that they considered Texas a part of oklahoma....kind of like the oklahoma Baja. Well, this was insulting to any reasonable Texan, so we did what we thought was right.

The Northern half of the state decided to annex the town of Norman, Oklahoma...making it an official part of north Texas, and thus an official part of the great state of Texas!

Now, all of us football players that were from Texas, and were more interested in winning the National Championship (versus a little ol' South West Conference Championship) could enroll at the University of Oklahoma...and not feel guilty about it. It was only natural anyway...the people of Oklahoma were constantly coming to Dallas to witness the greatest franchise in the history of sports play: the Dallas Cowboys!!! So the good people of Norman, Oklahoma weren't offended at all, being annexed by the great state of Texas!

This is why this rivalry is so heated! It's not so much an OU vs UT thing, but more of a North Texas versus Central & South Texas! And they need two area against our one...LOL, because all the greatest football players come from the north part of the state anyway! Just compare the Houston Oilers to the Dallas Cowboys!!! Wuff, the Oilers couldNEVER even hold the Cowboys jock-straps, much less play on the same football field!

Same for this north Texas vs. the Central & South Texas teams.

Of course, OU would be the North Texas team...and UT would be the Central & South Texas team.

I'm wondering...will OU destroy UT like they did two years ago...I believe it was 63 to 14.....or will it be a nail bitter like last year...14 to 3? I personally think it will fall somewhwere in between...say OU on top of UT by the score of 20 to 13.***(Please read the disclaimer at bottom of page.)

OK Pabs, the bet is on! BBQ for the winner, purchased by the loser...LOL! BTW-be sure and bring your check book Tuesday, I know you'll be treating!!! ;-)

I hope this helped explain the reason I'm pulling for OU...in a nutshell, I tried to walk on at OU, back in '83-'84, '84-'85. Sure, I was born and raised in the great state of Texas, but when it came to playing football...I wanted to win a National Championship...LOL!

BTW-the annexation stuff is actually made up bullsh*t! For those of you who aren't from the states...it's pure rubbish, only contrived for humorous purposes.

Later all,
RacerX

P.S. Boomer Sooner!



***(Disclaimer: In all honesty, Texas should beat the horse poop out of OU this year. OU has a second string quaterback who pretty much sucks. Like last year, they have no offense...but their defense is pretty stout...or they're supposed to be. I've yet to witness the materialisation of tis so called mighty defense. Anyhow, a rivalry isn't a rivalry unless someone taunts someone....so publicly, I have to claim that OU will dismantle UT! Example to follow)***


BOOMER SOONER

Hey Pabs....OU will kick the horse hockey out of TU...er, uhm...I mean UT this year! The shorthorns...er, uh...I mean the longhorns are going DOWN!!!! DOWN I tell you, D-O-W-N!

Wuff, hate to be a Tea Sipper come Saturday!!!!

LOL...OK, this is an example of RacerX tuanting Pabs! Hope Pabs can come back with some of his own...

Come on you pinky hiking Tea Sipper...don't hit me with your purse like your football team does...bring it! :-)

[Wycco]

LOL...

OK that makes a little more sense...

I wondered what was wrong with you- being our resident Texan (and therefore MUST abide by all stereotypes of Texans- and holding OK in contempt is one of those stereotypes).

I was beginning to think our Colombian-Coloradoan-Texan was more of a Texan than our native born Texan!

However, I can understand the situation- the North part of South Carolina supports the Clemson tigers- and the Southern and central part of South Carolina supports USC Gay Cocks- ooops I mean Game Cocks (USC = University Of South Carolina- not those cretins at the University of Southern California!)...

The big difference, however, is that Clemson is IN SOUTH CAROLINA! But there again- when you have good BBQ in the state- you don't need to look to other states for entertainment...

[SmellySocks]

H'mm...this place could use a little smelling up, so...

Have no fear,


SmellySocks is here!!!


Yep, even a nappy old pair of socks can enjoy a good rivalry. Let's see, whom shall I pull for...well, after all, I am Red...the official color of a good ol'butt kicking...the official color of VICTORY!!! That settles it, I'll have to pull for the Sooners!!!

Go OU...those poor Texas Longhorns won't have a fighting chance...once they get a wiff of me!!! LOL...Now I'll cast my spell of stinky upon their soon to be hanging in sorrow heads!!!


Poof:

STINKY



Yuk, that should smell things up a bit...Go Big RED...kick some longhorn butt!!!

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha...Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha...

Spreading the smell,
SmellySocks

[pabs]

Chris Simms sucks my butt-hole

[RacerX]

Greetings again everyone...

I didn't want to start ANOTHER thread about college football, so I'll just add it here! (Thanks Pabs!)

Wuff, well, it's the New Year, so we'll be seeing what seems like thousands of football games to signal the end/start of the New Year.

I just wanted to brag about both the Texas Longhorns, and my Oklahoma Sooners!!!!

The Longhorns down the Lousianna State University (LSU) Tigers in the famous Cotton Bowl (held in Dallas, Texas), and better yet, my mighty Sooners of Oklahoma won the "Grand Daddy of them all" Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California...by crushing the Cougars of Washington State university!

Whaaaaaa-whoooooooooooo!!!

Unfortunately, it now means the football season is over, and they won't play again until September....

Oh well, F1 starts up again in March!!!! Whoooo-whoooooooooooo


LOL,
RacerX

P.S. Congrats Pabs, the horns looked strong!

[Topcontender]

Nortre Dame lost, i am pissed!!!!

[Wycco]

RacerX said:

Unfortunately, it now means the football season is over, and they won't play again until September....

Ahhhh... you just made my day!!!!

Having limited TV channels available to me- I hate the football season... it seems whenever I turn the TV on there is nothing but boring US-Football on!!!!

Oh well- I guess now it will be Basketball on all the channels! <sigh>... Oh well- at least there is constant movement in Basketball- not just a bunch of sumo wrestlers in armour sitting round for 5 mins waiting for 5 seconds of action before another 5 min break!!!! LOL

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